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Pictures of Titan's Lakes

Posted by samzenpus on from the in-space-nobody-can-hear-you-fish dept.

sighted writes "For decades, scientists have wondered if the thick orange haze that shrouds Saturn's giant moon Titan hid lakes of liquid methane on the surface, but there was no way to confirm it, until now. The Cassini flyby of July 22, 2006 took these striking images and were released today."

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  1. Re:Vacation on Titan by garcia · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That would then be like vacationing in Bayonne, NJ or Scranton, PA and no one wants to do that.

  2. Re:Any signs of Transformers...? by NeuroManson · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, that's just Michael Bay.

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